HC Deb 18 November 1974 vol 881 c312W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many calves of three months and under were killed in the United Kingdom in the months of September and October in 1973 and 1974, respectively.

Mr. Bishop

The statistical returns of calf slaughterings are not differentiated according to age.

Returns from licensed and public slaughterhouses show calf slaughterings as follows:

1973 1974
September 13,077 48,203*
October 19,167 78,228*
* Provisional

For comparative purposes it should be noted that the level of calf slaughterings in 1973 was unusually low compared with previous years.